I have an Iomega usb hard drive that I accidentally formatted to read only.Right now it wont mount anymore.So I need to know,first,how to get it to mount again and then change it to read and write.

Os Linux mint 13 / Ubuntu 12.10

Hard drive Iomega usb 250gb

michaelk

Oct 27 2012, 02:37 PM

Can you post the model number? I could not find any information on the internet about how to format as read only. When you plug the drive in look at the output of the dmesg command. Post any errors related to the USB drive.

It doesnt seem to show up.The last time it mounted it was under sdc1 but it doesnt show there anymore.

kaliguy42

Nov 5 2012, 02:23 PM

I took the drive out of the usb and hooked it to the mobo and it still wont load.So i put another drive from another pc in the usb and it booted fine.It seems the iomega drive has died,rip,pos.

michaelk

Nov 5 2012, 03:04 PM

Thanks for posting back the status.

jiruska

Apr 28 2016, 10:21 AM

QUOTE (kaliguy42 @ Oct 25 2012, 07:17 PM)

I have an Iomega usb hard drive that I accidentally formatted to read only.Right now it wont mount anymore.So I need to know,first,how to get it to mount again and then change it to read and write.

Os Linux mint 13 / Ubuntu 12.10

Hard drive Iomega usb 250gb

use yumi that can be free downloaded from pendrivelinux.com

michaelk

Apr 28 2016, 11:46 AM

jiruska,Welcome to linuxhelp

I am not opposed adding up to date information on an old thread but in this case not so much. yumi is a windows program to create a USB flash drive that can boot multiple operating systems. It will not repair broken hard drives.

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